German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants all emergency border controls introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus to be removed within Europe's 26-nation Schengen zone from June 15, she said on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers questions during a session at the lower house of German parliament, Bundestag, on the coronavirus disease in Berlin, Germany, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants all emergency border controls introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus to be removed within Europe’s 26-nation Schengen zone from June 15, she said on Wednesday. “The goal is, if the occurrence of infections allows it - I want to say that again - that from June 15 onwards border controls in the Schengen area can be completely eliminated,” Merkel told the Bundestag lower house of parliament.
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